2000 Chrysler Concorde

DT: THE CALLER STATED CAR WAS IDLING UP WHILE DRIVING, AND THEN IT STALLED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 20 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE CAM SENSOR AND COMPUTER THROTTLE SENSOR WERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIE-ROD ENDS ALSO FAILED. THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE THE SENSORS WAS $300-$400. THE CAR HAS A WARRANTY, BUT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.*AK

MY CHRYSLER CONCORDE(2000) JUST UP AND DIED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT WAS DUE TO OIL SLUDGE. WE GOT THE OIL CHANGED EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES AND IT THREW A ROD. THE MECHANICS SAID IT WILL TAKE 4000 TO FIX BUT I CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE. THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 70000 MILES ON IT. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO THE CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT. IT LOST ALL POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AS MY WIFE DROVE IT AND HAD TO BE TOWED.

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORDE WITH 2.7L BOUGHT NEW STARTED MAKING ENGINE NOISE ON JUNE 23RD 2005 WITH 57009 MILES. JUNE 24TH FAILED TO START ATTEMPTING TO TAKE IT TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP. TOWED TO SHOP AND LATER TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED BLAMING ENGINE SLUDGE. CURRENTLY HAVING ENGINE REPLACED. READ ARTICLE IN CONSUMER REPORTS AUGUST 2005 EDITION ABOUT ENGINE SLUDGE LISTING 6 DIFFERENT MODELS OF ENGINES INCLUDING THE ONE IN THIS CAR THAT SEEM TO BE PRONE TO THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. THIS ARTICLE STATES THAT ALL THE AUTOMAKERS LISTED BUT CHRYSLER HAVE BEGUN REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR PROGRAMS

2000 CONCORDE~THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR A/C REPAIR. IT WILL JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP COOLING. THE FIRST TIME, 08/2004, IT HELD A CHARGE AND CHRYSLER COULDN'T FIND A LEAK OR PROBLEM ANYWHERE. THE SECOND TIME, 04/2005, CHRYSLER COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG AGAIN, SO THEY SUGGESTED REPLACING THE EVAPORATOR COIL (THEY WEREN'T POSITIVE IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM OR NOT SINCE THE E. COIL SEEMED "O.K.") TO REPLACE THE E. COIL IT WOULD HAVE COST $1,100! SO, CHRYSLER REFERS ME TO A LOCAL, VERY REPUTABLE, AUTO A/C BUSINESS. WE TAKE IT THERE, 04/2005, THE A/C HOLDS A CHARGE ALL NIGHT AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANY LEAKS ANYWHERE, PLUS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE EVAPORATOR COIL. TODAY IS A MONTH LATER AND MY A/C IS NOT WORKING AGAIN! I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE.

1.) OIL LIGHT FLICKERING, OIL MUDDY LOOKING ,OIL SHOOTING OUT OF TOP OF ENGINE 2.) TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS THEY SAID NO OIL LEAKS FOUND,OIL SENDING UNIT BAD, REPLACED PART THEN SAID ENGINE BAD"LOWER ENGINE NOISES" DEALER QUOTED NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT $4000.00 ON RIDE HOME FROM DEALERSHIP ENGINE FAILED . 3) I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY DECLINED TO HELP WITH COST OF REPAIRS AND I CANT AFFORD $4000.00 CAR IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE AND IM STILL PAYING OFF THE CAR LOAN. * I KEPT MAINTENANCE AND REQUIRED OIL CHANGES TO THIS VEHICLE HAD NO ENGINE PROBLEM UNTIL FAILURE. NO WARNING ENGINE WARNING LIGHT

VEHICLE MADE NOISE FROM WHAT I ASSUMED WAS THE ENGINE ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT AND DROVE MY SON TO SCHOOL. ON MY WAY FROM SCHOOL TO WORK THE VEHICLE CEASED OPERATING. I HAD STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THE CAR DIED. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD GONE ON. OTHER THAN THE INITIAL NOISE IT HAD MADE UPON STARTING THAT MORNING THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A NEARBY DEALERSHIP, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE. I CHOSE NOT TO REPLACE THE ENGINE SINCE A NEW WARRANTY ENGINE WOULD HAVE COST ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE CAR WAS WORTH.*AK

2000 CHRYSLER CONCORD LX EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE EQUIPMENT.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, AFTER DIAGNOSING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW TIMING CHAIN. THE CONSUMER STATED JUST RECENTLY THE ENGINE DIED AGAIN, THIS TIME THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ENGINE COMPRESSION AND A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. *JB